I lost over 35 pounds with Weight Watchers. Now I learn to live like the skinny girl I have become.

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

day 2

yesterday was a good day. I did have some cravings for chocolate, but I just waited for it to pass. Funny how that is, isn't it? I have impulsively indulged a craving and then felt guilty. Now I am realizing that often times those cravings will pass. The snickers only looks amazing while I am looking at it. If I don't buy one and go home and put the groceries away, I totally forget all about it. The other day at the store I almost bought a ton of ice cream "for the kids". But I didn't because I knew it would tempt me. Later I really wanted that ice cream, but it wasn't here so I had to do without. And I lived til morning if you can believe it!

Sorry about that tangent! :o)

I decided to go with CORE. I like that I can't justify a few bad choices that lead to a binge. For me, it's baking. I have baked a LOT this summer. It's been so easy to eat more than I should because it's healthier foods...fresh flour, veggies in the bread or muffins, natural sweeteners. But half a loaf of zucchini bread is NEVER OK. And I realized that I was eating my baked stuff instead of fruits and veggies for snacks. Like yesterday when I had to remind myself to eat lunch. It would have been easy to eat a piece or two of zucchini bread, but instead I had a salad with cucumbers and peppers and tomatoes and a little turkey and some FF salad dressing. I really liked that salad. And it didn't lead to overeating later.

More rambling. Suffice it to say that I am back on day 2 of eating CORE and tracking it all.

This week so far has been good! Like you i decided to have some fruit and veggies for lunch and i love when i put a pile of things in for a salad it makes it so much better than plain salad ;)So glad you're back on plan this week.I've always wondered about core but never tried it. I look forward to seeing how you like it.

I'm glad you're back. I feel like a bad mom sometimes not baking cookies and things but I don't do it for that reason. If I cook it, smell it, see it, know it's here I'll eat it. My son now hides brownines when daddy buys them for me. It sounds bad but if I don't know where they are, I won't obsess about them. Core is a great way to wean your way off of the sugar without the hardcore cravings.